New King James Version
Isaiah 24:12
12In the city desolation is left, And the gate is stricken with destruction.
Isaiah 24:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
- New International Version (NIV)The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Desolation is left in the city; the gates are battered into ruins.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down.
Context of Isaiah 24:12
10The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in. 11There is a cry for wine in the streets, All joy is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone. In the city desolation is left, And the gate is stricken with destruction. 13When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people, It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done. 14They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; For the majesty of the Lord They shall cry aloud from the sea.
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נִשְׁאַ֥ר בָּעִ֖יר שַׁמָּ֑ה וּשְׁאִיָּ֖ה יֻכַּת־שָֽׁעַר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 24:12
- Isaiah 32:14Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—
- Jeremiah 9:11“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a den of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”
- Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!
- Lamentations 2:9Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The Law is no more, And her prophets find no vision from the Lord.
- Lamentations 5:18Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.
- Micah 1:9For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people— To Jerusalem.
- Matthew 22:7But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Commentaries on Isaiah 24:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And the gate is smitten with destruction - The word rendered destruction‘ may denote a crash‘ (Gesenius). The idea is, that the gates of the city, once so secure, are how battered down and demolished, so that the enemy ran enter freely. Thus far is a description of the calamities that would come upon the nation. The following verses show that, though the desolation would be general, a few of the inhabitants would be left - circumstance thrown in to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-13All humanity is guilty (Romans 3:23) and faces condemnation (see Isaiah 59:1–15). Judgment is like a failed grape harvest that stops drinking and feasting.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. with destruction--rather "crash" [Gesenius]. "With a great tumult the gate is battered down" [Horsley].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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